Everybody Knows - Leonard Cohen

/B -Bm--Bm-A--A/F# A (x2)
                 /B         Bm                    Bm                       /G    G                       G

Everybody knows that the dice are loaded . everybody rolls with their fingers crossed
         A      /B       Bm               Bm                /G             G                   G
Everybody knows the war is over . everybody knows the good guys lost
D/F#          Em                          Fm                          A                       Bm
Everybody knows the fight was fixed . the poor stay poor . the rich get rich
                    C     F#                         Bm Bm - - A- Bm
That's how it goes . . . . . everybody knows

                  /B        Bm                  Bm                        /G       G                    G
Everybody knows that the boat is leaking . everybody knows the captain lied
    A           /B  Bm             Bm                  /G      G                G           G
Everybody got this broken feeling . . like their father or their dog just died
D/F#         Em                 Fm                            A                    Bm
Everybody talkin' to their pockets . everybody wants a box of chocolates
                          C   F#                          Bm  Bm - - A- Bm
And a long stem rose . . . . . everybody knows

                   /B       Bm                     Bm                /G    G                               G
Everybody knows that you love me baby . everybody knows that you really do
           A     /B      Bm                      Bm            /G        G                  G     G
Everybody knows that you've been faithful . . . give or take a night or two
D/F#          Em                          Fm                             A                                 Bm
Everybody knows you've been discreet . but so many people you just had to meet
                      C              F#                         Bm   Bm - - A- Bm
Without your clothes . . . . . and everybody knows

{Refrain:
                  D  D4  D                  A  A4   A                    Bm  A                   D D4 D

Everybody knows.....everybody knows.....that's how it goes.....everybody knows
                  D D4-D9 D          A  A4 A                          Bm  A                   D D4 D
Everybody knows.....everybody knows.....that's how it goes.....everybody knows}
                   /B       Bm                      Bm                    /G       G                 G
Everybody knows that it's now or never . everybody knows that's me or you
         A      /B       Bm              Bm         /G               G                 G     G
Everybody knows you live forever . . . when you've done a line or two
D/F#          Em                      Fm                     A                        Bm
Everybody knows the deal is rotten . old black Joe's still picking cotton
                               C   F#                                   Bm Bm - - A- Bm
For your ribbon and bows . . . . . and everybody knows

                          /B       Bm                    Bm                  /G       G                 G
And everybody knows that the plague is coming . everybody knows that it's moving fast
         A      /B       Bm                         Bm                        /G       G                     G
Everybody knows the naked man and woman . . are just shining artifacts of the past
D/F#          Em                        Fm                                        A                      Bm
Everybody knows the scene is dead . but there's gonna be a meter . on your bed
                   C            F#                          Bm Bm - - A- Bm
That will disclose . . . . . what everybody knows

                          /B       Bm          Bm                           /G       G                            G
And everybody knows that yer in trouble . everybody knows what you've been through
A                        /B     Bm              Bm              /G      G      G     G
From the bloody cross on top of Calvary . to the beach of Malibu
D/F#          Em                         Fm                      A                          Bm
Everybody knows it's coming apart . take one last look at this sacred heart
              C              F#                         Bm Bm - - A- Bm
Before it blows . . . . . and everybody knows

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Written by Leonard Cohen and Sharon Robinson.

Original in C#m

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